Competition Law Master’s Thesis Awards

Call for submissions: Best Master’s Thesis Award in European Competition Law & Competitiveness

Are you completing a Master’s degree in law or economics at a European university? Have you written your thesis on competition law or the broader theme of competitiveness?

If so, we warmly invite you to submit your work for the Best Master’s Thesis Award in Competition Law & Competitiveness, organized by the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE).

Eligibility

• Applicants must be enrolled in a law or economics Master’s program at a European university, UK included (regardless of nationality).
• The thesis must have been submitted as part of a degree completed (or to be completed) in the 2024–2025 academic year.
• The topic must relate to competition law, competitiveness, or a closely related field.
• The thesis must be written in English.

Submission details

• Please send your final thesis draft (PDF format) to: [email protected] 
• The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2025.

Award and conference invitation

The three most outstanding theses will be selected by an independent jury of scholars in law and economics. The jury is composed of: Thibault Schrepel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Mariateresa Maggiolino (Bocconi University), Alison Jones (King’s College London), Anna Tzanaki (Leeds University), Francisco Marcos (IE Law School), and Frédéric Marty (Côte d’Azur University).

The authors will be invited (travel and accommodation fully covered) to present their work at a special conference hosted at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam during the first half of November 2025. They will also be gifted academic books worth 1,000 euros.

The conference will conclude with a celebratory dinner in the heart of Amsterdam, where the selected students will have the opportunity to discuss their work with leading professors, researchers, and practitioners in the field.

We look forward to discovering your work and celebrating the next generation of scholarship in competition and economic law.